ni Neptalie Batolenio
Giurom ako sa imong panagway,
Sa dihang miduaw kini sa akong pagpahuway;
Naunsa ka ba intawon pinangga,
Nga dili ka man mawala sa hunahuna.
Panahon sa kaadlawon ako mahigmata,
Kon madumduman ko ang bakang mong paa;
Dungagan pa sa perfume mo nga nanimahong anghoy,
Maoy hinungdan nga atakihon ako sa hutoy.
Ang ngabil mong gabitay-galambi,
Sa kasingkasing kanako daw mangusi;
Ang budlat mong mga mata,
Nga daw flashlight nga nagsiga.
Ilong mong daw bukag,
Dalunggan mo nga gatangkag;
Dili gyud nako makalimtan,
Kay sa away sa silingan maoy hinungdan.
Ngano nga dili kaman gayud mahanaw,
Ngano nga mipilit kaman sa paghanduraw;
Unsa bay anaa kanimo nga bertud,
Ikaw ang hinungdan sa akong butod?
Ang kalapad sa imong agtang,
Sama sa airport ug pantalan;
Dili gyud nako mahimo nga kalimtan,
Gani sa dihang kalit kang nakit-an, ako hikuyapan.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Kalihukan gipahigayon alayon sa children’s month
GATUSAN ka kabataan nga naglangkob sa dose ka mga delegado gikan sa Misamis Occidental ug lalawigan sa Zamboanga del Sur ang misalmot sa tulo ka adlaw nga kalihukan nga gisugdan niadtong Oktobre 29.
Ang tulo ka adlaw nga serye sa mga kalihukan may kalambigitan sa 17th children’s month celebration nga gisaulog sa tibuok kalibotan.
Gipahayag ni Gitib Executive Director Roldan Gonzales nga sagad sa mga programa ug presentasyon nga ipasundayag sa mga partisipante may kalambigitan sa gihingusgang katungod sa mga kabataan.
Unang adlaw-oktobre-29, gipahigayon ang opening program sa festival didto sa gymnasium sa Ozamiz City National High School.
Naglangkob na niini ang poster making contest, slogan sa panawagan sa mga kabataan.
Oktobre-30, alas-dos sa hapon gipahigayon ang caravan ug pagkagabii, gipahigayon ang kulba hinam nga mga presentasyon sama sa pantomime, drama ug uban pa.
Oktobre-31, adlaw’ng sabado mao na ang panapos nga bahin sa programa kun’ diin giduman nga pagatambungan sa mga tag-as nga official sa dakbayan sa Ozamiz.
Ang tulo ka adlaw nga serye sa mga kalihukan may kalambigitan sa 17th children’s month celebration nga gisaulog sa tibuok kalibotan.
Gipahayag ni Gitib Executive Director Roldan Gonzales nga sagad sa mga programa ug presentasyon nga ipasundayag sa mga partisipante may kalambigitan sa gihingusgang katungod sa mga kabataan.
Unang adlaw-oktobre-29, gipahigayon ang opening program sa festival didto sa gymnasium sa Ozamiz City National High School.
Naglangkob na niini ang poster making contest, slogan sa panawagan sa mga kabataan.
Oktobre-30, alas-dos sa hapon gipahigayon ang caravan ug pagkagabii, gipahigayon ang kulba hinam nga mga presentasyon sama sa pantomime, drama ug uban pa.
Oktobre-31, adlaw’ng sabado mao na ang panapos nga bahin sa programa kun’ diin giduman nga pagatambungan sa mga tag-as nga official sa dakbayan sa Ozamiz.
Chiz pushes for P125 wage hike, hits contratualization
OPPOSITION Sen. Chiz Escudero is batting for major reforms in the country’s labor policies, starting with a legislated across-the-board wage increase and limits to labor contractualization.
In a statement, Escudero said the government has failed to protect the rights and welfare of workers and instead has paid lip service to the labor sector.
“The Philippine Constitution recognizes the importance of labor and mandates that the State shall protect workers’ rights and promote their welfare. But the sad reality is that workers do not receive their fair share,” he said.
The present minimum wage varies per region, but Escudero said the common denominator is that all regional levels fall far short of the daily living wage.
The daily living wage is the amount needed to provide for a six-member family’s food and non-food expenditures, with sufficient allowance for savings or investment for social security to enable a family to live and maintain a decent standard of human existence.
Escudero cited the minimum wage in the National Capital Region (NCR) of P362 per day which is a far cry from the P800 daily living wage.
“In Mindanao it is worse: the ARMM minimum wage is P200 per day while the daily living wage is P1,000. There is no way to justify such disparities. When the amount earned each day is less than half of what’s needed just survive, then there is something seriously wrong somewhere,” he said.
Escudero said the dismal failure of regional wage boards to allow the adjustments necessary for workers to earn a decent living has made it necessary to legislate the increase.
But he also noted that President Arroyo has prioritized only four pro-labor legislative measures – one of which exempts minimum wage earners from income tax – despite over 700 measures filed in the House of Representatives.
“There should be no debate as to the need for the increase. Since 2001, bills have been filed to legislate the increase. In 2004, the increase came close to becoming law until President Arroyo bowed to pressure from business groups. This is inexcusable,” the opposition lawmaker added.
“Ang mga pinangako ng pangulo mula noong naupo siya ay napako na, at ang ating mga manggagawa ang naging kawawa sa patuloy n’yang pag dead-ma sa problema,” he added.
He said the government itself has recognized the need to increase wages, having done so for government employees several times in the past decade. “Why then should the government not obligate the private sector to extend the same to minimum wage earners?,” Escudero asked.
He said the government can effect a wage hike by cutting the corporate tax rate from the current 32 percent to 20 percent, thus providing employers with a cushion for the additional expenses to absorbed from the wage increases.
At the same time, the senator assailed the propagation of the policy of contractualization in the workplace. “While job contracting has its positive points, workers hired by agencies through the job contracting scheme are the most underpaid, neglected and oppressed among the country’s workforce,” he said.
Contracting or subcontracting refers to an arrangement whereby a principal agrees to put out or farm out with a contractor or subcontractor the performance or completion of a specific job, work or service within a definite or predetermined period, regardless of whether such job, work or service is to be performed or completed within outside the premises of the principal.
“Flexible labor arrangements and ‘casualization’ do not provide workers tenurial security, a basic right under the Constitution. Casuals often get measly pay and no benefits at all. In such cases, contractualization becomes a very oppressive tool that violates the very spirit of equality enshrined in our Constitution,” he said.
Escudero pushed for legislation that would limit “labor-only” contracting. “A worker’s right to security of tenure is repeatedly violated by employers through ‘labor-only’ contracting. We must require employers to hire or maintain regular employees which should not be less than 80 percent of their total workforce,” he said.
The opposition senator called for an immediate stop to practices that prevent workers from becoming regular employees and the denial by employers of the existence of an employee-employer relationship that violates the right of workers to security of tenure.
“Labor-only contracting subverts the intention of Article 281 of the Labor Code which provides that ‘an employee who is allowed to work after a probationary period (of six months), whether broken or not, shall be considered a regular employee,’” he said.
In a statement, Escudero said the government has failed to protect the rights and welfare of workers and instead has paid lip service to the labor sector.
“The Philippine Constitution recognizes the importance of labor and mandates that the State shall protect workers’ rights and promote their welfare. But the sad reality is that workers do not receive their fair share,” he said.
The present minimum wage varies per region, but Escudero said the common denominator is that all regional levels fall far short of the daily living wage.
The daily living wage is the amount needed to provide for a six-member family’s food and non-food expenditures, with sufficient allowance for savings or investment for social security to enable a family to live and maintain a decent standard of human existence.
Escudero cited the minimum wage in the National Capital Region (NCR) of P362 per day which is a far cry from the P800 daily living wage.
“In Mindanao it is worse: the ARMM minimum wage is P200 per day while the daily living wage is P1,000. There is no way to justify such disparities. When the amount earned each day is less than half of what’s needed just survive, then there is something seriously wrong somewhere,” he said.
Escudero said the dismal failure of regional wage boards to allow the adjustments necessary for workers to earn a decent living has made it necessary to legislate the increase.
But he also noted that President Arroyo has prioritized only four pro-labor legislative measures – one of which exempts minimum wage earners from income tax – despite over 700 measures filed in the House of Representatives.
“There should be no debate as to the need for the increase. Since 2001, bills have been filed to legislate the increase. In 2004, the increase came close to becoming law until President Arroyo bowed to pressure from business groups. This is inexcusable,” the opposition lawmaker added.
“Ang mga pinangako ng pangulo mula noong naupo siya ay napako na, at ang ating mga manggagawa ang naging kawawa sa patuloy n’yang pag dead-ma sa problema,” he added.
He said the government itself has recognized the need to increase wages, having done so for government employees several times in the past decade. “Why then should the government not obligate the private sector to extend the same to minimum wage earners?,” Escudero asked.
He said the government can effect a wage hike by cutting the corporate tax rate from the current 32 percent to 20 percent, thus providing employers with a cushion for the additional expenses to absorbed from the wage increases.
At the same time, the senator assailed the propagation of the policy of contractualization in the workplace. “While job contracting has its positive points, workers hired by agencies through the job contracting scheme are the most underpaid, neglected and oppressed among the country’s workforce,” he said.
Contracting or subcontracting refers to an arrangement whereby a principal agrees to put out or farm out with a contractor or subcontractor the performance or completion of a specific job, work or service within a definite or predetermined period, regardless of whether such job, work or service is to be performed or completed within outside the premises of the principal.
“Flexible labor arrangements and ‘casualization’ do not provide workers tenurial security, a basic right under the Constitution. Casuals often get measly pay and no benefits at all. In such cases, contractualization becomes a very oppressive tool that violates the very spirit of equality enshrined in our Constitution,” he said.
Escudero pushed for legislation that would limit “labor-only” contracting. “A worker’s right to security of tenure is repeatedly violated by employers through ‘labor-only’ contracting. We must require employers to hire or maintain regular employees which should not be less than 80 percent of their total workforce,” he said.
The opposition senator called for an immediate stop to practices that prevent workers from becoming regular employees and the denial by employers of the existence of an employee-employer relationship that violates the right of workers to security of tenure.
“Labor-only contracting subverts the intention of Article 281 of the Labor Code which provides that ‘an employee who is allowed to work after a probationary period (of six months), whether broken or not, shall be considered a regular employee,’” he said.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Ocampos: Leader that has political will is in need in Ozamiz
OZAMIZ City needs leader that has political will to solve the alarming problem of the peace and order situation.
In an interview over dxDD-AM, Misamis Occidental governor Loreto Leo Ocampos said that the peace and order situation of Ozamiz City is a leadership, structural and culture problem of the Ozamiznon.
Ocampos explained that the officials of Ozamiz must be strong and firm on its decision specially in implementing laws, and must exercise good governance.
“For example si Duterte sa Davao dili man kay nahadlok niya ang mga tawo kay mamosil to siya o duna siyay Death squad, ang kusog gyud kaayo ni Duterte nga kon makalapas ka sa balaod iya gyud ipatuman ang balaod, “ Ocampos added.
The likes of Duterte are apt for the present situation of Ozamiz to solve the said problem. “Bahala og maparyente ug ma-amigo ang illegal, illegal gyud ug ang legal, legal gyud”, Ocampos stressed.
Resources allocation must also be consider specially peace and order is the most important of a local government where the LGU must allocate funds for peace and order.
It seems that Ozamiz City councilor Maria Constancia “Connie” Lim qualified of what t Ocampos is saying in solving the problems of the city after he is fielding Lim for mayor in the next year’s election.
This comes to pass after Ocampos declared he is running for congressman in the second district of Misamis Occidental during Lim’s birthday bash, last Sept. 19, at the Medina Gymnasium.
In her part, Lim said that she is accepting the challenge of the people of Ozamiz to run for mayor for they wanted the real change in the city.
The lady councilor come to this decision to run for mayor after she realized how big the problem of the city. She said that there are lots of serious problems need serious solutions.
Lim accepts the plea of the Ozamiznons even if it is difficult for her but she is optimistic that the people would support her to make the real change in the city.
In an interview over dxDD-AM, Misamis Occidental governor Loreto Leo Ocampos said that the peace and order situation of Ozamiz City is a leadership, structural and culture problem of the Ozamiznon.
Ocampos explained that the officials of Ozamiz must be strong and firm on its decision specially in implementing laws, and must exercise good governance.
“For example si Duterte sa Davao dili man kay nahadlok niya ang mga tawo kay mamosil to siya o duna siyay Death squad, ang kusog gyud kaayo ni Duterte nga kon makalapas ka sa balaod iya gyud ipatuman ang balaod, “ Ocampos added.
The likes of Duterte are apt for the present situation of Ozamiz to solve the said problem. “Bahala og maparyente ug ma-amigo ang illegal, illegal gyud ug ang legal, legal gyud”, Ocampos stressed.
Resources allocation must also be consider specially peace and order is the most important of a local government where the LGU must allocate funds for peace and order.
It seems that Ozamiz City councilor Maria Constancia “Connie” Lim qualified of what t Ocampos is saying in solving the problems of the city after he is fielding Lim for mayor in the next year’s election.
This comes to pass after Ocampos declared he is running for congressman in the second district of Misamis Occidental during Lim’s birthday bash, last Sept. 19, at the Medina Gymnasium.
In her part, Lim said that she is accepting the challenge of the people of Ozamiz to run for mayor for they wanted the real change in the city.
The lady councilor come to this decision to run for mayor after she realized how big the problem of the city. She said that there are lots of serious problems need serious solutions.
Lim accepts the plea of the Ozamiznons even if it is difficult for her but she is optimistic that the people would support her to make the real change in the city.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Kurit sa kasingkasing
NAGPAHIYOM ako nga nagtan-aw sa iyang hulagway sa computer. Anaa gihapon ang iyang kaanyag nga kaniadto akong gipaningkamutan nga maangkon. Nagpabilin gihapon ang katam-is sa iyang pahiyom!
Sa dihang nakita ko ang iyang litrato, wala ako makasabot. Tiaw mo kanang hapit na 12 ka tuig mi nga wala magkita. Daw adunay kuko nga mikusnit sa akong kasingkasing. Daw sa gibati ako og kalipay nga sa katapusan nakita ko ra gyud siya.
Dose ka tuig na nga mibiya ko sa amoa ug mianhi sa Ozamiz aron lagi manimpalad. Gani sa una kong pagtaak sa Ozamiz pipila ka adlaw niadto mihimo dayon ako og sulat ako dayon nga gipalupad padulong kaniya. Napuno sa paglaom ang akong sulat...napuno sa gugma. Nagpaabot ako sa iyang balos. Semana, bulan ug tuig. Wala man gyud.
Mao nga mipauli ko..bakasyon ba. Pero dili baya to bakasyon kay ang tuyo nako nga magkakita mi. Tuod man nagkita mi. Sama gihapon. Sweet kaayo siya og tinagdan nako. Unya miingon siya nga nakahimo na siya og balos sa akong sulat pero wala lang ma mail daw sa iyang mama.
Aw, mituo lang sad ko. Pero wala na nako siya pangutan-a unsay sulod sa iyang balos kay nasayod man gyud ko nga ang nakasulat niadto mga panghinaot sa akong kaayohan.
Nasayod sad ko nga dili gyud niya ibutang ang Your Love...kuan gyud ang iyang ibutang Your Friend.
Sa dihang mibalik na ko sa Ozamiz, wala na gyud ko mopadala og sulat niya. Wala sab ko mangluod kay wala man koy katungod nga mangluod. Kay kinsa ba gud ako sa iyang kinabuhi.
Sulod sa dose ka tuig dili ikalilong nga kanunay ako nga maghandom kaniya. Ang iyang kagiki ug katawa nga daw musika sa akong dalunggan akong kanunay nga gipangita.
Gani ako pang gi-search ang iyang ngalan sa internet basin diay makit-an nako. Pero wala gyud nako makit-i. Dili lang kay kausa ka beses nga akong gipangita sa Google. Pero wala na jud.
Mao to nga misulay ko sa friendster...sus..pakyas wala gihapon.
Apan niining bag-o ang iyang ig-agaw nakatan-aw sa akong friendster. Mao to nga ako dayon nga gi-open ang mga friends sa iyang cousin. Wala ko masayop. Alas! Duna sad siyay friendster account.
Puwerte nakong lipaya. Mao nga nakita nako ang iyang hulagway...wala gyuy kausaban. Apan adunay mga hulagway nga aduna siyay kauban nga usa ka lalaki. Ang iyang bana. Naminyo na diay siya. Bantog ra wala nakoy balita niya.
Mora ko og gilansang sa akong gilingkuran. Nagtutok sa computer nga blangko ang panan-aw.
Ang akong nasulti sa akong kaugalingon nga: "I'm happy for you."
Mao to...nga ako dayon siya nga gipadal-an og mensahe nga : "Remember me?" "Your friend."
Pero karon wala na jud siya mibalos. Bisan na lang gani sa pagtan-aw sa akong friendster account.
Karon wala nako maglaom nga maako ang iyang kaanyag.
Mipahiyom na lang ako ug miingon:" Maayo pa og wala nako makit-i imong friendster account da."
Sa dihang nakita ko ang iyang litrato, wala ako makasabot. Tiaw mo kanang hapit na 12 ka tuig mi nga wala magkita. Daw adunay kuko nga mikusnit sa akong kasingkasing. Daw sa gibati ako og kalipay nga sa katapusan nakita ko ra gyud siya.
Dose ka tuig na nga mibiya ko sa amoa ug mianhi sa Ozamiz aron lagi manimpalad. Gani sa una kong pagtaak sa Ozamiz pipila ka adlaw niadto mihimo dayon ako og sulat ako dayon nga gipalupad padulong kaniya. Napuno sa paglaom ang akong sulat...napuno sa gugma. Nagpaabot ako sa iyang balos. Semana, bulan ug tuig. Wala man gyud.
Mao nga mipauli ko..bakasyon ba. Pero dili baya to bakasyon kay ang tuyo nako nga magkakita mi. Tuod man nagkita mi. Sama gihapon. Sweet kaayo siya og tinagdan nako. Unya miingon siya nga nakahimo na siya og balos sa akong sulat pero wala lang ma mail daw sa iyang mama.
Aw, mituo lang sad ko. Pero wala na nako siya pangutan-a unsay sulod sa iyang balos kay nasayod man gyud ko nga ang nakasulat niadto mga panghinaot sa akong kaayohan.
Nasayod sad ko nga dili gyud niya ibutang ang Your Love...kuan gyud ang iyang ibutang Your Friend.
Sa dihang mibalik na ko sa Ozamiz, wala na gyud ko mopadala og sulat niya. Wala sab ko mangluod kay wala man koy katungod nga mangluod. Kay kinsa ba gud ako sa iyang kinabuhi.
Sulod sa dose ka tuig dili ikalilong nga kanunay ako nga maghandom kaniya. Ang iyang kagiki ug katawa nga daw musika sa akong dalunggan akong kanunay nga gipangita.
Gani ako pang gi-search ang iyang ngalan sa internet basin diay makit-an nako. Pero wala gyud nako makit-i. Dili lang kay kausa ka beses nga akong gipangita sa Google. Pero wala na jud.
Mao to nga misulay ko sa friendster...sus..pakyas wala gihapon.
Apan niining bag-o ang iyang ig-agaw nakatan-aw sa akong friendster. Mao to nga ako dayon nga gi-open ang mga friends sa iyang cousin. Wala ko masayop. Alas! Duna sad siyay friendster account.
Puwerte nakong lipaya. Mao nga nakita nako ang iyang hulagway...wala gyuy kausaban. Apan adunay mga hulagway nga aduna siyay kauban nga usa ka lalaki. Ang iyang bana. Naminyo na diay siya. Bantog ra wala nakoy balita niya.
Mora ko og gilansang sa akong gilingkuran. Nagtutok sa computer nga blangko ang panan-aw.
Ang akong nasulti sa akong kaugalingon nga: "I'm happy for you."
Mao to...nga ako dayon siya nga gipadal-an og mensahe nga : "Remember me?" "Your friend."
Pero karon wala na jud siya mibalos. Bisan na lang gani sa pagtan-aw sa akong friendster account.
Karon wala nako maglaom nga maako ang iyang kaanyag.
Mipahiyom na lang ako ug miingon:" Maayo pa og wala nako makit-i imong friendster account da."
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